NCM 105:

NUTRITION AND
DIET THERAPY
• Legal Mandates in Relation to Nutrition and Diet Therapy
• Ethico-Moral Principles related to Cultural and Spiritual Preferences
• Filipino Culture, Values, Practices, and Beliefs Applicable in Nutrition
National Nutrition
Council of the
Philippines (NNCP)
Policies and programs that support nutrition

► RA 11148 Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act

► RA 11210 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law
► RA 11037 Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act
► RA 10410 Early Years Act
► RA 10028 Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act
► RA 8976 Food Fortification Law
► RA 8172 ASIN Law
► EO 51 Philippine Milk Code

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RA 11148 Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay
Act
• RA 11148 was enacted into law last 29 November 2018 as “ An
Act Scaling Up the National and Local Health and Nutrition
Programs Through A Strengthened Integrated Strategy for
Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition in the First One
Thousand (1000) Days of Life, Appropriating Funds Therefore,
and for Other Purposes”
Goal of RA 11148
• the policy aims to scale up nutrition intervention programs in the first
one thousand (1000) days of a child’s life, and allocate resources in
the sustainable manner to improve the nutritional status and address
the malnutrition of infants and young children from zero (0) to two (2)
years old, adolescent females, pregnant, and lactating women to
ensure growth and development of infants and young children.
RA 11210 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law

• This law covers female workers in the public and private

sectors, including those in the informal economy, and entitles
them to 105 days of maternity leave paid at 100 percent of their
average daily salary credit. The law also provides for an
additional 15 days of paid leave if the female worker qualifies as
a solo parent under the Solo Parent Welfare Act of 2000, with
an option to extend for an additional 30 days without pay.
• President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law in 2019 Republic Act
No. 11210, or the “105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law,”
which extends paid maternity leave from 60 days to 105 days.
RA 11210 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law

• The law increases the daily maternity leave benefit from the initial 60
days for normal delivery, or 72 days for caesarian delivery, to 105
days, regardless of the type of delivery.
• In case of a miscarriage or an emergency termination of pregnancy,
the entitlement is 60 days of paid maternity leave.
• The law further expands maternity leave to every instance of
pregnancy, miscarriage, or emergency termination, regardless of
frequency, from the previous limit of the first four deliveries or
miscarriages.
RA 11210 105-Day Expanded Maternity
Leave Law
• To be entitled to the above maternity leave benefits, a pregnant
female worker in the private sector must have (i) paid at least 3
months’ contributions in the 12-month period immediately preceding
the semester of her childbirth, miscarriage, or emergency termination
of pregnancy; and (ii) notified her employer of her pregnancy and the
probable date of her childbirth.
• Employers that fail to comply with the provisions of the law are
subject to a fine of not less than 20,000 pesos (PHP) nor more
than PHP 200,000 and/or imprisonment for not less than 6
years and 1 day nor more than 12 years, as well as the
non-renewal of business permits.
Goal of 11210
• . The expansion of paid maternity leave granted women significantly
more time to care for themselves and their children during a critical
period of infancy. This ensures their health and well-being, including
that of any spouses or partners, without any loss in income.
Programs under RA 11037
• Supplemental Feeding Program for Day Care Children.
• School-Based Feeding Program.
• Milk Feeding Program.
• Micronutrient Supplements.
• Health Examination, Vaccination and Deworming.
• Gulayan sa Paaralan.
• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• Integrated Nutrition Education, Behavioral
Transformation, and Social Mobilization
RA 10028 Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act
RA 8172 ASIN Law

• Republic Act No. 8172 or "An Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide"
(ASIN Law) became a law in 1995. The law seeks to eliminate iodine
deficiency disorders by mandating all salt producers and
manufacturers to iodize their product. However, the law had the
unintended effect of killing the local salt industry, as small and
medium salt farmers were unable to comply with the iodization
requirements.
EO 51 Philippine Milk Code
• Executive Order 51 also known as the “National Code of
Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Breastmilk Supplements
and Other Related Products” aims to protect and promote
breastfeeding and to ensure that breast milk substitutes and
supplements are properly used with adequate information,
marketing and distribution.